For remarks and additional

„ obſervations.

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other tribe of American ſavages. Upon viewing theſe waſtes, ſuch as Hounſlow-heath, Finchley-common, Xc. and comparing their preſent income and produce, to what it might be raiſed by the art and induſtry of man, it may juſtly be affirmed, that an improving income, of perhaps from C. 30,000 to L. 50,000. per annum, is thrown away, with as careleſs an indifference, as it the owners were afraid of being too rich. And when it is confidered, that ſuch an income is not only loſt to the owners, but that the public at large, loſes the uſe of productions worth, per- haps, f. 200,000 pber annum, it will readily be allowed, that it is a great national object, to purſue the means of pre- venting ſuch a loſs in future; and, at thie ſame time, of removing ſuch a reproach, upon the good ſenſe and in- duſtry of the country.

In regard to the following obſervations, it is to be re- marked, that the occupiers of land, in the neighbourhood of London, are naturally cautious in giving a ſtranger that mi- nute information, reſpecting either rent or produce, which the Board may think it necefſary to have. This may proceed from the hurry of bufineſs, in which they ſeem to be en- gaged, or(which is more natural) from a jealouſy of the motives of the enquiry, which few, or any of them, will give themſclves the trouble to be ſatisfied about. At a greater diſtance from the metropolis, this will not, pro- bably, be the caſe.

This circumſtance, however, it is to be hoped, will be a fufficient apology for the fhortneſs of this paper, and the many defects which might be found in it, as originally

Written, but which the author is happy to acknowledge,

in conſequence of the obliging aſſiſtance of many of the moſt reſpectable characters in the county, have fince been in a great meafure corrected. This is a ſufficient proof, that the inhabitants of Middleſex, when properly called upon, are not behind any other part of the kingdom, in zeal, for extending the knowledge, and promoting the in- tereſts of their country.

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